--(1) The general rule is that any fact which needs to be proved at trial by the evidence of witnesses is to be proved by their oral evidence given in public.
--(2) This is subject-
----(a) to any provision to the contrary contained in these Rules or elsewhere; and
----(b) to any order of the court.
--(3) Any evidence taken at the trial or other hearing of any proceedings may be used subsequently in those proceedings.
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